Play Real Money Games And Win At The Poker Tables

I am a member of a regular Friday night poker game, and as with most friendly games, the dealer rotates from player to player for every hand, and the dealer gets to select his game. My favorite? A game called "Texas Push".

The concept of the game is To create a five card hands (one down card and four up cards, similar to five card stud) where the maximum hand and the lowest (worst) hand split the pot.

The game begins with each Player getting one down card. The first player then receives an up card. The player has the choice of keeping the card, or passing it to the next player. If the player keeps the card, then the next player gets an up card and the same option. If the player passes the card, then the next player then also has the same option and so forth throughout the players. In every case, there's a charge to passing a card. After a player retains a card, the other preceding players are "filled in", they receive a card that they have no choice except to keep. This process continues, with betting on every completed round, until each of the players have 5 cards in total. Once all the players have 5 cards (along with the betting is finished), the players are then asked to "declare". A coin in their hands means they're announcing for the "large" hand, and no coin means that the "low" hand. The highest and lowest hand for each declaration split the entire pot.

The strategy of the game Is to utilize the capability to pass cards to build either a low or high hand. Poker players will be aware of what the high hands will be - normally three of a sort, a straight, or a flush will be a winning hand. For the low hand, the ultimate will be 6, 4, 3, 2, Ace where they are not in match (a flush or straight can't be used as a low hand).

It is a fun, tactical game That is always a hit at our weekly poker game. E.g. click here....